sự so sánh 
comparison like: Vergleich → →
der Vergleich ☊ 
so sánh ☊ 
☊ vergleichen mit ☊ so sánh với ☊ ☊ Vergleich ☊ 比较 ☊ bǐ jiào vergleichen mit ☊ 和 ... 相比 ☊ hé ..... xiāng bǐ Wie findest du diese Wohnung im Vergleich zur ersten? ☊ Em thấy căn hộ này như thế nào so với căn hộ thứ nhất? ☊ (Lektion 43, Nr. 621) Ich bin mir nicht sicher, wie ich in diesem Fall entscheiden soll. Ist etwas Vergleichbares schon einmal vorgekommen? ☊ Tôi không biết nên quyết định thế nào trong trường hợp này. Đã có một trường hợp tương tự nào xảy ra chưa? ☊ (Lektion 99, Nr. 1618) broadly similar/comparable/equivalent/consistent ☊ broadly ☊
compare A and B: It is interesting to compare their situation and ours. ☊ compare ☊
compare A with/to B: We carefully compared the first report with the second. ☊ compare ☊
My own problems seem insignificant compared with other people's. ☊ compare ☊
I've had some difficulties, but they were nothing compared to yours (= they were not nearly as bad as yours). ☊ compare ☊
Standards in health care have improved enormously compared to 40 years ago. ☊ compare ☊
This school compares with the best in the country (= it is as good as them). ☊ compare ☊
This house doesn't compare with our previous one (= it is not as good). ☊ compare ☊
Their prices compare favourably with those of their competitors. ☊ compare ☊
Comparison with other oil-producing countries is extremely interesting. ☊ comparison ☊
I enclose the two plans for comparison. ☊ comparison ☊
The education system bears/stands no comparison with (= is not as good as) that in many Asian countries. ☊ comparison ☊
For Durkheim, comparison was the most important method of analysis in sociology. ☊ comparison ☊
comparison of A and B: a comparison of the rail systems in Britain and France ☊ comparison ☊
comparison of A with B: a comparison of men's salaries with those of women ☊ comparison ☊
comparison between A and B: comparisons between Britain and the rest of Europe ☊ comparison ☊
comparison of A to B: a comparison of the brain to a computer (= showing what is similar) ☊ comparison ☊
comparison (with sth): It is difficult to make a comparison with her previous book—they are completely different. ☊ comparison ☊
You can draw comparisons with the situation in Ireland (= say how the two situations are similar). ☊ comparison ☊
By comparison, expenditure on education increased last year. ☊ by comparison ☊
His problems seemed trivial by comparison. ☊ by comparison ☊
The second half of the game was dull by comparison with the first. ☊ by/in comparison (with sb/sth) ☊
The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York's skyscrapers. ☊ by/in comparison (with sb/sth) ☊
It is interesting to contrast the British legal system with the American one. ☊ contrast ☊
Compare and contrast the two novels. ☊ contrast ☊
As a family holiday destination, the seaside has no equal. ☊ be without equal, have no equal ☊
It is particularly interesting to compare the two versions. ☊ interesting ☊
200 attended, as opposed to 300 the previous year. ☊ as opposed to ☊
This compares with a 4% increase for the same period last year. ☊ period ☊
The point of the lesson is to compare the two countries. ☊ point ☊
They now live in relative comfort (= compared with how they lived before). ☊ relative ☊
The findings are similar to those reported in previous studies. ☊ report ☊
a calculated risk (= one that you think is small compared with the possible benefits) ☊ risk ☊
The company has agreed to settle out of court (= come to an agreement without going to court). ☊ settle ☊
He never comes to see me these days (= now, as compared with the past). ☊ this ☊
relatively/comparatively unimportant ☊ unimportant ☊